Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Congo (Central Africa)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Congo (Central Africa)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	13 119 360	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	13 119 360	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	13 119 360	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	8 65 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	8 65 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	4 8 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Congo
4 Families width 10 Species

Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880		4	Species	Taxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916		2	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		2	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Congo
8 Genera with 10 Species

Species list for Congo
10 Species

Aporodesmus gabonicus Lucas, 1858
Cryptodesmus mecklenbergi
Cryptodesmus mecklenburgii Attems, 1912
Mabocus difficilis Kraus, 1958
Nonnodesmus margaritulus Kraus, 1958
Nonnodesmus tuberculinus Kraus, 1958
Polydesmus stiphropus Attems, 1927
Prepodesmus upembanus Kraus, 1958
Pterodesmus moderatus Chamberlin, 1927
Sphaeroparia hexatricha Mauriès & He..., 1996

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Congo

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 2	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov